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Gearbox Turned Stiff
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, Mar 28 2012 06:21 PM
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 06:21 PM
Only just recently I have noticed that my gear lever has become stiff when selecting gears especially reverse. It feels like there isn't any oil in the linkage. I have checked my engine oil and there is enough in there. The clutch seems to be fine as well. Could anyone shed any light on this please as I'm not quite sure what is up...
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 07:01 PM
Which type gear lever linkage have you got ?
If it is a rod change (most common - 2 bars between gearstick & gearbox) - then un-clip the gear lever , pull it out
and give it a clean / grease up , look for wear on the ball & nylon cup & shafts - they can take a bit of wear
also look under neath at the roll pins - they can get sloppy and even fall out
there is a plate on the bottom of the remote box that is held in with 6 screws ,
that holds the reverse ridge which the gear lever is lifted over when you select reverse
it may be worn / dirty / damaged by wear , so worth a look
Guesswork's is your man for a more in depth analysis of gearbox faults
If it is a rod change (most common - 2 bars between gearstick & gearbox) - then un-clip the gear lever , pull it out
and give it a clean / grease up , look for wear on the ball & nylon cup & shafts - they can take a bit of wear
also look under neath at the roll pins - they can get sloppy and even fall out
there is a plate on the bottom of the remote box that is held in with 6 screws ,
that holds the reverse ridge which the gear lever is lifted over when you select reverse
it may be worn / dirty / damaged by wear , so worth a look
Guesswork's is your man for a more in depth analysis of gearbox faults
Edited by sledgehammer, 28 March 2012 - 07:08 PM.
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 08:46 PM
Thank you will have a look at it over the next couple of days :)
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 06:13 AM
When you say stiff, is it stiff across the gate, ie left to right, but ok forward and backward ?
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 10:52 AM
Yeah. It goes into gear okay but just noticed going from second into first crunches a little bit. But left to right is really stiff.
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 10:58 AM
Crunching aside, the problem lies within the gearbox....
Becoming a common fault of mid to late 80's gearboxes where the one piece reverse idler bush was changed for a split two piece bush, of which one decides over time to work its way out of the gear and thus causes a misalignment of the reverse bell crank lever causing friction on the selector spool.. You feel this as a stiffness left to right or across the gate on the gear lever.
Two choices...
Live with it...
Pull the engine and recondition ( or replace ) the gearbox.
Becoming a common fault of mid to late 80's gearboxes where the one piece reverse idler bush was changed for a split two piece bush, of which one decides over time to work its way out of the gear and thus causes a misalignment of the reverse bell crank lever causing friction on the selector spool.. You feel this as a stiffness left to right or across the gate on the gear lever.
Two choices...
Live with it...
Pull the engine and recondition ( or replace ) the gearbox.
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:44 AM
heh first choice sounds like my kinda mechanics 
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